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Tech Q&A: Rated People CEO Celia Francis on why…

In the next in our series of interviews with tech and digital industry leaders, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal talks innovation, leadership and alternative career paths with Rated People CEO Celia Francis. As her...

Focus on the customer to avoid innovation for innovation’s…

Happy new year. I’ve always found it curious that the most disruptive industry on the planet - consumer technology - still relies on one of the oldest and most established methods to promote itself: the hotel...

Tech Q&A: MADE.COM CEO Philippe Chainieux on how to…

In the next in our series of interviews with tech and digital industry leaders, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal talks market disruption and new approaches to customer engagement with MADE.COM CEO Philippe Chainieux. Ten...

Corporates: Start Prospecting for ‘The New Oil’ now. Data…

On Thursday evening, The MBS Group was honoured to host an event with our partners LocalGlobe on the potential for data to change every aspect of life as we know it. At Google UK’s stunning King’s Cross...

Tech Q&A: Uber’s Jambu Palaniappan on driving innovation at…

In the next in our series of interviews with tech and digital industry leaders, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal talks rapid international growth with the head of UberEats in EMEA, Jambu Palaniappan. It’s testament to...

Tech Q&A: Entrepreneur First’s Alice Bentinck on building businesses…

In the first in a series of interviews with tech and digital industry leaders, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal discusses startup culture with Entrepreneur First co-founder Alice Bentinck. Readers of my previous columns...

How Design Can Make a Company

I moved to Britain from South Africa because I have always felt that this country is one of the creative centres of the world, and that so much of the world’s creative output comes from here. This weekend, the...

Alice Bentinck: Entrepreneur First, role model second

Two minutes in the company of Alice Bentinck is all you need to understand why she is more than worthy of her Veuve Clicquot New Generation Award. That, and the plethora of gongs that have deservedly headed her way...

The Grey Pound Goes Digital

There is a slice of the ecommerce sector that has, as yet, been left relatively untapped. Over-60’s, like the rest of the population, are moving ever more of their lives online, filtering them through screens and...

Latest Digital News

Revenues up 19% year-on-year at Jumia The Nigerian ecommerce group has posted a 19% uptick in year-on-year revenue in the first quarter, generating sales of $48.9m. However, quarterly active customers dipped by almost 5% after the business cut down on customer incentives. Read more.

Disney+ nears profit for the first time Disney's streaming arm, which launched in 2019 and also includes Hulu, is expected to swing to profit in the fourth quarter, thanks to a raft of cost-cutting measures and the popularity of hit shows like Bluey and The Bear. Read more.

Reddit targets profit for second quarter The online forums company has predicted that it will move into profit in its second quarter, thanks to strong user growth and an uptick in sales from its advertising business. Wall Street had forecast second-quarter losses. Read more.

Losses widen at fast fashion giant Boohoo The online fashion retailer has reported a widened pre-tax loss of £159.9m for the year to the end of February, up from £90.7m last year. Sales in the period dipped 17% to £1.46bn, thanks to inflation and weakened consumer demand. Read more.

China’s Zeekr targets $5.13bn valuation Electric vehicle maker Zeekr has said that it is eyeing a valuation of up to $5.13bn in it US IPO. The IPO will be the first major floatation of a China-based company in more than two years. Read more.

Wayve raises $1bn in Series C The autonomous driving startup has closed $1.05bn in Series C funding led by SoftBank Group. This is the UK's largest-ever AI fundraise. Read more.